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insuavity

insuavity noun: lack of suavity; unpleasantness.

Noun

insuavity (countable and uncountable, plural insuavities)

  1. (obsolete) Lack of suavity; unpleasantness.
    • All fears, griefs, suspicions, discontents, įmbonities, insuavities, are swallowed up and drowned in this Euripus, this Irish sea, this ocean of misery1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
    • It was not till this moment that Clym recollected her to be the person who had behaved so barbarously to Eustacia. It partly explained the insuavity with which the woman greeted him.1878 January–December, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], published 1878, →OCLC

insuavity meaning in Tamil

insuavity in Tamil

பற்றாக்குறை

Forms of insuavity

pluralinsuavities

Origin of insuavity

From Latin insuavitas. Compare French insuavité. See in- (“not”) + suavity.

Questions about insuavity

What does insuavity mean?
Insuavity means lack of suavity; unpleasantness.
What is insuavity in Tamil?
Insuavity in Tamil is பற்றாக்குறை. See Insuavity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is insuavity?
Insuavity is a noun.
What is the plural of insuavity?
The plural of insuavity is insuavities.

Words near insuavity in the dictionary

  1. instyle
  2. instyled
  3. instyles
  4. instyling
  5. insuavities
  6. insuavity
  7. insubduable
  8. insubjection
  9. insubmergible
  10. insubmersible
  11. insubmission

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